Former British Labour MP Eric Illsley today became the first sitting MP to be convicted of expenses fraud when he admitted dishonestly claiming about £14,500 (€17,412).
The member for Barnsley Central was due to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court in London.
However, he changed his pleas on three charges of false accounting relating to three years of expenses claimed on his second home in London.
On Friday, former Labour MP David Chaytor became the first person to be jailed over the expenses scandal.
He was sentenced to 18 months after admitting he forged tenancy documents and invoices to falsely claim more than £22,000 (€26,400) of taxpayers' money for rent and IT work from House of Commons authorities.
Mr Illsley had previously denied dishonestly claiming a total of more than £25,000 (€30,000).
But today his barrister William Coker QC said his client admitted wrongly claiming a revised sum of about £14,500 (€17,412).
The claims were made for council tax, telephone usage, service charges and maintenance, and insurance and repairs at his second home in Renfrew Road, Kennington, south London.
The judge Mr Justice Saunders adjourned the hearing for four weeks for a pre-sentence report.
Mr Illsley was suspended from the Labour Party following the allegations and sits as an independent after being re-elected in May's general election.
If he receives a sentence of 12 months or more he will be disqualified as an MP under the Representation of the People Act 1981. The seat would be vacated and a by-election held.
A Labour Party spokesman said: 'Eric Illsley has already been suspended from the Labour Party.
'As a result, Eric Illsley is suspended from the Whip and cannot attend any Labour Party meeting.
'It would not be appropriate to comment further as the legal process is still ongoing.'
